A quick scan of the list will show that several knuckleballers were on
themound at the time of the PB and that no catcher suffered the indignity
morethan once (during the data period). Detroit captured the honors of
benefitingthe most times (3) from the E-2 muff while the White Sox were
bitten threetimes. Except for 1986, when the event happened four times, the
PB Scoring thegame-ending winning run only happened once (or none) in the
years in the dataspread. In only 1 of the 15 games were the bases loaded at
the time of the PBand that was the ATL-LAN game on 9/24/1974. One special
game from the abovegroup was the 1986 near no-hitter between CAL &
TEX.-------------------------------Briefly that game's last inning &
last play were:

Charlie Hough (the Texas knuckleballer) was on the mound
and had a no-hittergoing into the bottom of the 9th the score TEX 1 CAL
0.Ruppert Jones (pinch hitting for Bob Boone) called out on strikes [OUT
1]Jack Howell (batting for Gary Pettis) reached on a three base error by
GeorgeWright and advanced to 3rd base.Wally Joyner singled (FIRST HIT OF
THE GAME) scoring Howell to tie the game1-1.Catcher Mercado allowed a
passed ball (DeCinces batting) allowing Joyner tomove to 2nd.DeCinces
struck out [OUT 2]Reggie Jackson was walked intentionally.George
Hendrick struck out [OUT 3], but Orlando Mercado allowed a Passed Ballon the
SO and Joyner scored from second when Charlie Hough failed to
coverhome.Final Score CAL 2 TEX 1 (Hough threw a 1-hitter and lost on
the Passed Ball).-------------------------------

For the above 15
Catchers who allowed a Passed Ball to score the game-endingwinning run here
are their PB totals for the years that their ignoble eventsoccurred and how
many by their battery mate (in the PB Scoring Winning
Rungame):

Clearly the knuckleballers caused (?) the
majority of the Passed Balls duringthe period analyzed, although many
"straight forward" pitchers had their PBtroubles as well. On the other hand,
the catchers who led the majors in PB notalways could lay blame on the
knuckleballers. The majority of the catcherleaders didn't pair up with a
knuckleballer when they led the MLB in PBs.